by Alessandro Baricco · Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433976598
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«Seda» is the contemporary fiction novel by Alessandro Baricco, published by Anagrama in hardback (128 pages, in Spanish).
In 1861, Hervé Joncour, a French silk merchant, travels to Japan to buy silkworm eggs and save his region's production. There he is captivated by a mysterious woman, in a nineteenth-century story of restrained desire, absence and love, narrated with delicate, symbolic prose.
Part of Anagrama's Compactos collection (no. 557). Translation by Carlos Gumpert and Xavier González Rodríguez; original Italian: «Seta».
With praise from Mario Vargas Llosa, who called it a «mysterious, laconic, perfect story», it is a read for those seeking brief, evocative fiction.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
